Bandage.



. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEANNE WALTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' emana es.

Specification of Letters Patent. r

I Patented April 1c, 1907.'

Application filed April 15, 1904. Serial No. 203,559.

' To all whom it mag/concern.-

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of. New York,State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bandage, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates generally to band- Be it known that I, JEANrIEiWAiLTER, a

ages, and particularly to a bandageadapted.

to operate as, a sweater andan adipose-reducer. f 1

The object of the invention is to retain the natural heat of the bodyor part to which the bandage is appliedand to stimulate circula tion, thereby preventing and curing inflam matory and muscularmheumatism, reducing objectionable adipose tissue, and preventing formation thereof; to obviate thenecessity of employment of supporting-straps to hold as will appear asthe nature of the invention the arm of a wearer.

a of carrying the same into exhibited is better understood, the same consists, generally stated, in a bandage composed wholly of soft rubber and having means associated therewith for adjustment upon the anatomy of the wearer. 4

The invention consists, further, in a bandage. composed wholly of soft rubber and hav-' ing a flap for bridging the ends of thebandages thus to present a continuous structure, thegillap being'also of soft rubber.

' '1? e invention consists,\further, in the various novel details of construction of a bandage, as .will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there are illustrated two forms of plractical operation, t e elements therein may be varied orchanged as to sha ie, proportion, and exact manner of assem lage, and in the.drawings-.l

Figure 1 is a view in perspective 'ofa band- .it being lniderstood that age adapted to be worn around the waist'f Fig. 2 1s a horizontal sectionalflview. .Fi I 3 is a detail view showing a bandage Ipuplplie to 1g. 41s a s1 ar view showing-a bandage applied to the leg of the wearer. a

While the invention is herein shown -and described as embodying a bandage for different purposes, it is to be understood that its use is not to be limited thereto, as the inven tion may be embodied in garments to be worn by males'or females for accomplishing thgtpui'pdses' above stated. p

eferring to the drawings and to F s. 1 and '2 thereof, 1 designates the bandage,

which composed wholly of soft rubber,

which causes it to. adapt itself to the shape of the part of the anatomy to which it is appliedand by intimate contact therewith to cause sweating, which will make the bandage adhere-to the part with; such tenacity as will render. unnecessary the employment of sup-f porting-straps or the-like to hold it in posi -tion. 'The' edges of the bandage are rein- .forced by. beads 2, which are formed by bendt ing the rubber upon itselfand cementing it.

parts united at the back by a cemented seam; 1 ut it is to beunderstood that the invention is not to be limited tO-tlllS arrangement, as

the bandage maybe made of one continuous" piece of rubber. The ends of the bandage are reduced-in width and are'reinforced .b sheets of rubber 4,- having associated with them a strip of textile fabric 5 to insure the As herein shown, the bandage is made, of two with t e reinforces 4; sothat a continuous rubber facing is presented to the body of the wearer of the same, character throughout.

In order to brid e the. space between the meeting ends of t e bandage, thus'to render the same easy to wear, and, further, to present a structure that is continuous out, a flap 8 is provided, whichis of the same character of rubber as the bandage and is cemented at one end to one terminal of the bandage and overlaps the opposite terminal. By the employment .of't'hi's fiap the sweating or reducing action of the bandage is rendered positive throiighout its entire extent, so that all of the parts within the zonebounded'by the-bandage will be-equally treated. Owing to the fact that the bandage is air and moistureproof, the heat generated thereby will be retained and circulation will be stimulated. Moreover, there will always be moisture bethroughtween the-bandage and the partto whichit is applied, and this moisture will cause the banda e to adhere to the part against slippage, t e inherent resiliency of the bandage causing it closely to contact with such part and to yield to the movements of thebody of the wearer without danger of slipping, and

this feature is of great importance, as it positively obviates the necessity of the em loyment of shoulder-straps or the like for olding the bandage positioned. I t

n Fig. 3 the bandage 9 is sh own construct ed in such manner as to be applied to the arm of the wearer, the same features-present in the bandage shown in Fi s. 1 and 2 being also present in every particu ar in this latter form of banda' e.

In Fig. 4 t e bandage is shown as con of the wearer,.w1 1ich, as iswe known, is not conducive to comfort and is'further objecti'onable as being insanitary, owing to the bandage t fact that the fabric will absorb the secretions in the body and retain them. Moreover, fabric is non-yieldingthat is to say, nonflexibleand will not yield readily to the different motions of the body of the wearer. With the. bandage of the present invention the absorption of any secretions is-positively obviated, and as the rubber may be readily washed, the bandage is thoroughly sanitary, and therefore devold of the objections present in bandages of the usual construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A bandage composed. of soft rubber, and having a flap for bridging the ends of the us to present a continuous structure, theflap being also of soft rubber.

2. A bandage composed of soft rubber and having its terminals reinforced, adjusting means associated with the reinforced portion, and a softrubber flap bridging the gap between the terminals. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES FoGAnTY, LoUIs J. HART. 

